From: Michael Paesold <mpaesold@gmx.at>
To: NikhilS <nikkhils@gmail.com>
Cc: Joshua D. Drake <jd@commandprompt.com>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Cc: David Fetter <david@fetter.org>
Cc: Jonah H. Harris <jonah.harris@gmail.com>
Cc: PostgreSQL Docs <pgsql-docs@postgresql.org>
Cc: PostgreSQL Patches <pgsql-patches@postgresql.org>
Subject: Re: [DOCS] Partition: use triggers instead of rules
Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2007 16:29:38 +0100
Message-ID: <474EDAE2.3010705@gmx.at> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <d3c4af540711290705q35ea51cdkfaa94b0c07a1aecc@mail.gmail.com>
References: <20071128202615.GG24146@fetter.org>
<21686.1196283184@sss.pgh.pa.us>
<36e682920711281858x9a37039sa104036bf025de41@mail.gmail.com>
<20071129031702.GU24146@fetter.org>
<2854.1196315753@sss.pgh.pa.us>
<20071128224154.06f950c9@commandprompt.com>
<d3c4af540711290705q35ea51cdkfaa94b0c07a1aecc@mail.gmail.com>
NikhilS wrote:
>> The argument I made for keeping the example around is not
> dependent on
>> the assumption that using a rule is a good idea. It's dependent on
>> the established fact that we have recommended that in prior
>> releases, and therefore people are going to be seeing that
>> construct in real databases.
>
> And they could refer back to the older version of the documentation
> for it. In fact, we should mention that in the patch:
>
> <note><para>If you have a partitioning setup that uses rules please
> refer to the 8.2 documentation on partitioning</para></note>
>
> +1
I would also add another sentence about *why* the recommendation was
changed. We have one rule-based setup here, and it has been working
flawlessly for us,... so personally I don't even know the reasons.
Best Regards
Michael Paesold
Reply instructions:
You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:
* Reply to all the recipients using the --to and --cc options:
reply via email
To: pgsql-docs@postgresql.org
Cc: mpaesold@gmx.at, nikkhils@gmail.com, jd@commandprompt.com, tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us, david@fetter.org, jonah.harris@gmail.com, pgsql-patches@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: [DOCS] Partition: use triggers instead of rules
In-Reply-To: <474EDAE2.3010705@gmx.at>
* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
and reply-to-all from there: mbox
This inbox is served by DDX for PostgreSQL; see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox